Posted on 02/03/2019 11:15:36 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump detailed his position Sunday on withdrawing troops United States from Afghanistan and Syria. “We’ve been there for 19 years, almost, we are fighting very well. We’re fighting harder than ever before. I think they’re tired and, I think everybody’s tired,” Trump said. “We got to get out of these endless wars and bring our folks back home.”
The president discussed the issue with CBS anchor Margeret Brennan in an interview on Sunday.
Trump added that if pockets of terrorists emerged in Afghanistan and Syria, he would have no problem sending the military back to destroy them.
“We’ll come back if we have to. We have very fast airplanes, we have very good cargo planes. We can come back very quickly,” he said.
Trump argued against keeping armies on the ground in Afghanistan to fight terrorists.
“You’re going to have pockets, but you’re not going to keep armies there because you have a few people,” he said.
Trump said he would keep troops at a military base in Iraq to help fight terrorism in the Middle East and keep eyes on Iran.
“We have a base in Iraq and the base is a fantastic edifice. I mean I was there recently, and I couldn’t believe the money that was spent on these massive runways,” he said.
The current deployment in Afghanistan, Trump argued, was not economically practical.
“We spent, over the last five years, close to 50 billion dollars a year in Afghanistan,” he said. “That’s more than most countries spend for everything including education, medical, and everything else.”
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Now the Left will call him a Warmonger.
We spent EIGHTEEN G.D. YEARS in Afghanistan.
“So girls can WALK to school”.
What a friggin WASTE..!
Our new BlackHawk Down.
STUPID.
Know when to hold ‘em,
Know when to fold ‘em,
Know when to walk away..
He is right.
Tell the world why.
Bring em back.
The money saved could be spent building two walls on our southern border and some really terrific ski lifts on the northern border...
Donald Trump: ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of These Endless Wars’
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Amen!
I am happy to see him getting back to this issue.
We should only be in wars directly affecting our lands.
A Border War.
I can get behind a Border War.
At some point we will leave. This was always a binary choice. Stay forever or do the best we could and get out. We are the latter part of that equation. I was active duty during part of this. And while the loss of life for virtually no gain is abhorrent, staying and adding to the total is even worse. It’s time to go home. If they truly want freedom let them fight for it themselves.
Thumbs-up x infinity!
I’ve waited my whole life to hear a Republican say that.
One of the main reasons I voted for Mr. Trump. I do hope he stands firm against the horde of neo-cons screaming in his ear.
He’s been saying this for many months now and it’s not happening. I totally support the decision, but it appears it being sabotaged.
Well said and thank you sir!
Are we the Roman Empire?
One of he main reasons we didn’t invade Japan is the troops from Europe were tired!
You can’t stay on war alert for 20 years.
Except when we don’t. From a article a few threads up. President Trump revealed that U.S. troops will remain in Iraq to “watch Iran,”
What did the Russians call the Afghans? Cockroaches? You just can’t eliminate them - they keep coming back.
I voted for the guy that said he would get us out of the endless wars. Two years later he’s still saying it.
We were there protecting the CIA’s opium biz. Long past time we left.
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